The government disposed of all the gynae doctors in Whakatane. It pays travel costs for people who want to give birth, but those who don’t want to give birth have to find their own way to get where they can get the health care they need.
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Madeleine L'Engle; this is why they want you illiterate

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You can tell that the NZ Free Speech Union is not, in fact, in favour of free speech when they come out in support of a report that would make a criminal act of failing to notify authorities of a protest in advance. #nzpol

For beginners, it can be difficult to know what to put in alt text, as well as when alt text is needed on your website and when it isn't. This decision tree from W3C helps you determine what to do, based on specific situations.

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If you feel daunted by the idea accessibility testing and don't know where to begin, this resource from accessibility engineer Rachele DiTullio can help. This includes an accessibility testing spreadsheet, along with guides on how to prepare for testing.

racheleditullio.com/projects/acc...

When people say 'run government like a business,' they mean cut services, raise prices, and pay the CEO 400 times more than the workers.

“…embedding Act’s ideological worldview in the heart of New Zealand’s constitutional framework, limiting legislative flexibility, executive decision-making, & judicial interpretation”. e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-...

Submit on this Bill!

"Under the guise of equality before the law and the rather boring talk of regulation and “cutting red tape” is a more insidious goal of stripping the democratic right to regulate business and corporate activity, even when such regulation is in the best interest of the majority of New Zealanders."

The BBC's Accessibility Guide has several resources, including step-by-step instructions to using assistive technologies. The resource includes insight into several assistive technologies, including VoiceOver, JAWS, NVDA, TalkBack, ClaroRead, and Dragon.

bbc.github.io/accessibilit...

Alt text? Don’t worry, Santa’s elves have your back! Writing great alt text is simpler than you think.

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Franken Behaviour Report. 95% good. 1% menacing the soft furnishing, 4% waking up at 3am

We, as a society, have given the morning people far too much power

Doctors Without Borders in Gaza says 100% of the patients it has treated in the past 24 hours have been children

I think the best response I've seen to AI anything has been, "Why should I bother reading something that nobody could be bothered to write"

Don't know the context, but always true.